Yeah, hard to believe but a John Schofield of York University says “offensive and rude” scrawlings are more important than lost Beatles recordings and equally valuable as Neanderthal cave paintings.
What the Doctor of Archeology is referring to is graffitti left on the walls of the flat once lived in by Johnny Rotten. The infamous Pistol had a great time with a paint can and so it should be preserved.
Scholfield called the tags "a direct and powerful representation of a radical and dramatic movement of rebellion.”
He tells the Telegraph: “The tabloid press once claimed that early Beatles recordings discovered at the BBC were the most important archaeological find since Tutankhamen’s tomb. “The Sex Pistols’ grafitti in Denmark Street surely ranks alongside this and, to our minds, usurps it.
“We feel justified in sticking our tongues out at the heritage establishment and suggesting that punk’s iconoclasm provides the context for conservation decision-making.”
Schofield compares the grafitti to cave paintings found in the caves of Lascaux in France and believes there’s a strong case for having the building listed as historically important.
He says: “This is an important site, historically and archaeologically, for the material and evidence it contains.”
Hmm … good to know
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